Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13

Japan's age of consent, the lowest among the G7 industrialised nations, has stayed unchanged since its enactment in 1907. The age of consent is 16 in Britain and South Korea, 15 in France, and 14 in Germany and China. In practice, regional ordinances banning "lewd" acts with minors are sometimes seen as effectively raising the age of consent to 18 in many parts of Japan. The justice ministry panel did not scrap the wording but clarified it covers drugging, catching victims off-guard and psychologically controlling them. The justice ministry panel did not scrap the wording but clarified it covers drugging, catching victims off-guard and psychologically controlling them.